On May 11th, check out Science Rendezvous at UBC, a family-friendly event where people and science meet! PCWM graduate students will be promoting the science of drinking water. Get hands-on experience experimenting with water treatment processes yourself; take the bottled vs tap taste challenge; pledge to reduce your water use (and enter to win awesome prizes!!); and behold the mighty wall of water! For more information about Science Rendezvous, visithttp://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/2013/vancouver/.
Members of the BC Water & Waste Association’s UBC student chapter will be taking these same demonstrations to elementary school students to celebrate Drinking Water Week 2013. The Drinking Water Week events take place on May 21st and 25th. For more about Drinking Water Week, visit http://www.drinkingwaterweek.org/.